[CF-Devel] polymorph - worst exploit ever

[Michael Toennies]

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      On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 05:02:30AM +0100, Andreas Vogl wrote:
     
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      > At first glance, polymorph seems like one cute little
     
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      > spell, completely harmless, no big deal.
     
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      > It turns out that this is completely wrong. Polymorph
     
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      > is a huge problem!
     
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      > The spell can be used in three different ways:
     
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      > o Polymorph items:
     
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      >   In terms of gameplay - TERRIBLE! Not only that one can
     
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      >   get all sorts of items that might not even be available
     
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      >   in shops, one can even transform artifacts! I once casted
     
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      >   polymorph over a bonecrusher and received a kobold dagger.
     
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      >   I'm sure I would get a wdsm and magic cloak if I tried
     
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      >   hard enough. But those items are supposed to be unique!
     
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      >   The player should solve long quests to get them, not just
     
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      >   sit there and cast a spell.
     
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      I never got anything useful with polymorph. I thought that you
     
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      less 'valuable' items with polymorph? I tried polymorphing a ton of girdle
     
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      of damages (the old, useless ones) and never got anything.
     
     
You will got a lot of good items when you know how.

First ,all girdles polymorph with a chance of 66% in a different kind of
girdle, 33% explode.

Some lesser artifact weapons often change to shootingstars, best and rarest
"normal"
weapon in game, enchant it and you will beat 90% of all artifact weapons.
There are only 2 very hard places in game where you can get them,
but with polymorph you can get alot.

Also, you can get luck dagger and, most worst, lava dasher with polymorph,
both are most unique. Lava dasher has only 1 place ge can get ,with a bad
chance even if you solve the quest for it.

The fog thing (fog-> generator) is dangerous and not very logical.

I use polymorph often after i got some artifacts and i boost most times my
char with it (to get girdle of strength, lava dasher or even shootingstar).
I also prefer to drop polymorph yet, lets do work an other things and when
one has time and want it, it can be back.

For real playing, there is no real use.

MichToen